In her debut novel, The Swedish Gypsy, Mary L.
Paulson draws on her extensive research in unlocking the world of
Sweden between the years 1897 and 1911 wherein two distinct cultural
societies, the unique world of the Swedish Gypsies and the Swedes
lived- side by- side. Paulson interweaves the complexities of these
two unique cultures describing their beliefs, prejudices and
hierarchies that are set against the background of the political,
social and economic climate that prevailed in Sweden at the time.